Monday, February 19, 2007

A Week To Be Reckoned With... Sorta

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
- Monty Python

Greetings All! I trust everyone is doing wonderfully. I’ve been pretty good lately. Not a whole lot to say on the state of me other than that. I’ve been a bit sleep deprived. I guess that is something. I slept in ‘til 2 both Saturday and Sunday this week. It was wonderful. It certainly helped me get caught up, that’s for sure. I was only able to sleep that late on Saturday because work go cancelled. For some reason they halted phone-a-thon temporarily. Something about not having anyone to call. It continues as planned this week though. Well, at least it does until next Saturday. Next weekend is parent’s weekend here. Most everyone who works next Saturday has asked off, so they are more than likely canceling next Saturday as well. But, I expected that. I just hope they don't cancel any more days. I need to be working. I have a $1700 computer to pay off now. If they keep cancelling work, I keep not making money. Grrr.... Anyway, enough about that boring stuff and on with the post!

Parental Relocation
This past week my parents moved. They’ve been packing up the house for some time now and on Wednesday the movers came and everything left. They spent their time at my grandfather’s house until Saturday when they hopped in the car and drove the 800 miles from Dallas to their new home in Chattanooga, TN. It was a bit of a bittersweet thing for me. I spent the most important years of my life, my adolescence, in that house in Dallas. It was interesting knowing that I’ll never go back and sleep in my room again. *sigh* But, as I said it was bittersweet, and the sweet part is that now I get to live in and learn about Chattanooga when I go home for breaks and stuff. I look forward to my time there and I am happy for my parents. From what I have seen of the city thus far (and that is very little) it seems like a wonderful place. May God bless their new residence and their new life there. Good luck Y’all! ^_^ Oh! Happy Birthday again, Dad!

The Return of Goodness
Guess what everyone! Everybody’s favorite adolescent ninja has returned! That’s right, Naruto Shippuuden started this past week. Finally, after seasons of filler episodes, they are returning to the storyline from the manga. This past week was a week to be reckoned with. Heh heh! It was an amazingly wonderful episode too! I was worried at the start when they played a segment from a part in the story much further in the future, but that ended (with much suspense) and they returned to the beginning of the middle. ^_^ So, now we get to watch the story progress like it was supposed to. Amazing it is. I never thought I’d see the day. Heh heh! I look forward to many more amazing episodes of Naruto in the future. May their little Japanese heads never conjure up a season or two of filler again or those same heads might just get smashed by crazy American fans. Trust me guys when I say that you DON’T want a mob of crazy anime fans after your head. We're mean when it comes to our obsession. We might be overweight, malnourished, unkempt, and a downright nasty-looking bunch of people, but we pack a punch when needed. ^_^

Caesar’s Oscar Picks
Movies are sort of my thing, if you hadn’t picked up on that by this point. I love them. I watch them every chance I get, I buy them when I have money, and I have become like a free video rental spot for many of my friends. They just come into my room, grab a movie and return it when they’re done. Some might be a bit concerned by this, but I’ve never lost a movie. I keep track of who has what. Currently 6 of my movies are out with people. So, that gives you an idea of how seriously I take Oscar season. The Oscars are like my Super Bowl. I plan for them, I make my picks, if I could bet I would. ^_^ So, the following are my picks for the Oscar winners this year. I hope I do well this year. Most years in the past I pick about half of them right. But, this year I am feeling pretty good about it. I’m more informed this year than in the past since I have seen most of the movies. So, let’s see how it all pans out. Oscar night is coming, and I will be sitting in my wonderful black chair with a bag of Chex Mix and a Dr. Pepper with my EW magazine in one hand and a highlighter in the other. ^_^ Call me obsessive. I hope you all like my picks! (in other words, please don’t hate me if the person/movie you picked does not coincide with mine)

- Picture: The Queen
- Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
- Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
- Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
- Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg for The Departed
- Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
- Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
- Cinematography: Children of Men
- Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
- Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
- Documentary Feature: *no pick*
- Documentary Short Subject: *no pick*
- Live Action Short Film: *no pick*
- Film Editing: Babel
- Makeup: Pan’s Labyrinth
- Art Direction: Dreamgirls
- Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls
- Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima
- Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
- Orignal Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen
- Original Song: *no pick* but it will be one from Dreamgirls
- Animated Feature: Cars
- Animated Short Film: The Little Matchgirl

Monty Python: A Total Waste of Time
Well, it’s not a total waste, but it’s certainly not a productive use of time that’s for sure. But, for those of you who are in the mood to laugh yer little head off and waste a good 3 minutes of your life, take a gander at this wonderful sketch from the hilarious Monty Python troupe. Enjoy!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a wonderful week for that matter. Enjoy your life. Don’t let anything get you down. Sayonara!

Caesar1280's Anime Ticker

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Air, Air: The Movie, Akira, The Animatrix, Appleseed, Aquatic Language, Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, Beck, Black Lagoon, Blame!, Blood the Last Vampire, Bokurano, Burst Angel, Castle in the Sky, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express, Egao, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Gankutsuou, Gatekeepers, Genshiken, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, Gin-iro no Kami no Agito, Grave of the Fireflies, Grenadier, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Hikaru no Go, Howl?s Moving Castle, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jyu Oh Sei, Karas: The Prophecy, Last Exile, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Midori?s Days, Milennium Actress, Mushi-shi, My Neighbor Totoro, Naruto, Naruto: The Movie, Nausicaa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth, Ninja Scroll: The Movie, Other Worlds, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Prétear, Princess Mononoke, Read Or Die, Read Or Die: The TV, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, She and Her Cat, Spirited Away, Steamboy, Tide-Line Blue, Tokyo Babylon, Tokyo Godfathers, Trigun, Voices of a Distant Star, Witch Hunter Robin, Wonderful Days, Wrath of the Ninja, X

Anime I've Seen - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - .hack//Sign - 5 Centimeters per Second - Air - Air: The Movie - Akira - The Animatrix - Appleseed - Aquatic Language - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror - Baby Blue - Beck - Black Lagoon - Blame! - Blood the Last Vampire - Bokurano - Burst Angel - Castle in the Sky - Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express - Doorbell - Egao - FLCL - Fullmetal Alchemist - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala - Gankutsuou - Gatekeepers - Genius Party - Genshiken - Genshiken OAV - Ghost in the Shell - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society - Gin-iro no Kami no Agito - The Gokusen - Grave of the Fireflies - Grenadier - Haibane Renmei - Happy Machine - Hellsing - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Hikaru no Go - Howl's Moving Castle - Innocent Venus - Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Jyu Oh Sei - Karas: The Prophecy - Karas: The Revelation - Last Exile - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Midori?s Days - Milennium Actress - Mushi-shi - My Neighbor Totoro - Naruto - Naruto: The Movie - Nausicaa - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth - Ninja Scroll: The Movie - Other Worlds - Ouran High School Host Club - Paprika - Perfect Blue - Pet Shop of Horrors - The Place Promised In Our Early Days - Prétear - Princess Mononoke - Read Or Die - Read Or Die: The TV - Samurai Champloo - Samurai Seven - Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal - Serial Experiments Lain - Shanghai Dragon - She and Her Cat - Spirited Away - Steamboy - Tekkonkinkreet - Tide-Line Blue - Tokyo Babylon - Tokyo Godfathers - Trigun - Trinity Blood - Vampire Hunter D - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Voices of a Distant Star - Witch Hunter Robin - Wolf's Rain - Wonderful Days - Wrath of the Ninja - X Total: 93

Anime I Haven't Completed - .hack//Roots - Ah! My Goddess - Angelic Layer - Avenger - Baccano! - Bamboo Blade - Basilisk - Binchou-tan - Black Cat - Bleach - Blood+ - Boogiepop Phantom - Case Closed - Le Chevalier d'Eon - Chobits - Chrono Crusade - Code Geass - Coyote Ragtime Show - D.Gray-Man - D.N.Angel - DearS - Death Note - Dennou Coil - Desert Punk - Digimon - Dragon Ball Z - Ergo Proxy - Eureka Seven - Excel Saga - Fighting Beauty Wulong - Final Fantasy Unlimited - Flag - Freedom - Full Moon - Gantz - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Gintama - Glass Fleet - Great Teacher Onizuka - Gundam Seed - Gundam Wing - Hayate the Combat Butler - Hellsing OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Ikki Tousen - InuYasha - Jigoku Shojo - Kage Kara Mamoru - Karin - Kino's Journey - Love Hina - Loveless - Lovely Complex - Lucky Star - Makai Senki Disgaea - Marchen Awakens Romance - Meine Liebe - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Mononoke - Monster - Moon Phase - Mr Stain on Junk Alley - Naruto Shippuuden - Negima?! - Negima! - Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion - Nerima Daikon Brothers - NHK ni Youkoso - Night Walker - Ninja Nonsense - Noir - Peacemaker Kurogane - Pokemon - Prince of Tennis - R.G. Veda - Ragnarok - Rec - Red Garden - Robotech - Romeo x Juliet - Rosen Maiden - Rurouni Kenshin - Saikano - Sailor Moon - Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sci-fi Harry - School Rumble - Scrapped Princess - Shin-chan - Shingu - Shion no Oh - Shuffle! - Shrine of the Morning Mist - So Long, Mr. Despair - Solty Rei - Sousei no Aquarion - Speed Grapher - Spice and Wolf - Super Milk Chan - Tales of Phantasia - Tenchi Muyo - Tenjhou Tenge - Texnolyze - The Third - Tsubasa Chronicles - Urusei Yatsura - Venus Versus Virus - Welcome to the N.H.K. - Winter Cicada - X-1999 - Xenosaga - XxxHolic - Yu Yu Hakushou - Yume Tsukai - Zero no Tsukaima - Zipang Total: 116

Manga I've Completed - Cowboy Bebop - FLCL - Manga Messiah - Manga Metamorphosis - Q*Ko-chan - Saiyuki - Shirahime-Syo Total: 7 Manga I Haven't Completed - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Black Cat - Blame! - Chobits - D.Gray-man - Darkside Blues - Death Note - The Demon Ororon - Desert Coral - Disgaea - Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl - Fruits Basket - Getbackers - Hayate the Combat Butler - Kamunagara - Legal Drug - Love Hina - Loveless - Megatokyo - Naruto - Negima - Read Or Die - Rurouni Kenshin - Tactics - Trigun Maximum - XXXHolic Total: 26

Anime I'm Currently Watching
Samurai 7, InuYasha, Samurai Deeper Kyo,
Boogiepop Phantom, and Shrine of the Morning Mist

Manga I'm Currently Reading
Read Or Die, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Megatokyo.hack//Roots, .hack//Sign, 5 cm per Second, Ah! My Goddess, Angelic Layer, Avenger, Basilisk, Binchou-tan, Black Cat, Bleach, Blood+, Boogiepop Phantom, Case Closed, Le Chevalier d'Eon, Chobits, Chrono Crusade, Coyote Ragtime Show, D.Gray-Man, D.N.Angel, DearS, Death Note, Dennou Coil, Desert Punk, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Ergo Proxy, Eureka 7, Excel Saga, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Flag, Full Moon, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Innocent Venus, InuYasha, Jigoku Shojo, Kage Kara Mamoru, Karin, Kino?s Journey, Love Hina, Loveless, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Makai Senki Disgaea, Marchen Awakens Romance, Meine Liebe, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Mononoke, Monster, Naruto Shippuuden, Negima?!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nerima Daikon Brothers, NHK ni Youkoso, Night Walker, Ninja Nonsense, Noir, Ouran High School Host Club, Peacemaker Kurogane, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, R.G. Veda, Ragnarok, Rec, Red Garden, Robotech, Romeo x Juliet, Rosen Maiden, Rurouni Kenshin, Saikano, Sailor Moon, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Sci-fi Harry, School Rumble, Scrapped Princess, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingu, Shuffle!, Shrine of the Morning Mist, So Long Mr. Despair, Solty Rei, Sousei no Aquarion, Speed Grapher, Super Milk Chan, Tales of Phantasia, Tenchi Muyo, Tenjhou Tenge, Texnolyze, The Third. Trinity Blood, Tsubasa Chronicles, Urusei Yatsura, Welcome to the N.H.K., Winter Cicada, X-1999, Xenosaga, XxxHolic, Yu Yu Hakushou, Yume Tsukai, Zero no Tsukaima, Zipang

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